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  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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 package org.eclipse.ui.editors.text;

 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;


 /**
  * This class gets the location for a given
  * object.
  * <p>
  * In order to provided backward compatibility for clients of
  * <code>ILocationProvider</code>, extension interfaces are used to provide a means
  * of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
  * <ul>
  * <li>{@link org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.ILocationProviderExtension} since version 3.3
  * allowing to get the location as <code>URI</code>.</li>
  * </ul>
  * </p>
  *
  * @see org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.ILocationProviderExtension
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public interface ILocationProvider {

     /**
      * Returns the location of the given object or <code>null</code>.
      * <p>
      * The provided location is either a full path of a workspace resource or
      * an absolute path in the local file system.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param element the object for which to get the location
      * @return the location of the given object or <code>null</code>
      */
     IPath getPath(Object element);
 }

